As a vertically-challenged human, I constantly have to adjust the height. I forgot once, loaded the bar, looked at what I'd done, smacked myself in the face and then unloaded, moved the bar, and reloaded. UGH.

The ECE sections are currently engineering-only so the engineering school can guarantee that any of their students who need the class can register for it - this has happened in the past, too. Keep watching the ECE sections, if they don't fill they'll open them up soon.

Btw, I think you're twisting your purls - your fabric kinda looks like this, where I think your were probably going for this - see how every other row in the first one is sort of slanted? If you like this, it's absolutely a valid design choice and there are definitely patterns that call for twisted stitches intentionally! But if you weren't aware you were doing it, it might be something to experiment with :)

I visited a studio a couple of weeks ago and noticed they had a box of little red laminated cards by the door that you could take and put by your mat that said "no adjustments please". I thought this was an excellent solution.

Their smoked chicken wings are my not-so-secret obsession. I usually get a half pound without sides and it's $6; a friend strongly recommended their chili to me earlier this week though so I'm going to have to get sides next time just to try it.

I made this lace shawl as a Christmas gift for my grandmother; I finished it less than a week before she died. Her urn wore the shawl during the funeral and my mother took it after as a remembrance.

Perhaps you could do something similar? I wouldn't have been able to keep the shawl myself for emotional reasons, but if you have another family member or close friend who would keep it as a remembrance, that might be a good way to both finish the shawl in her honor and also keep her memory.

What notlaika means is that your knitting looks like this instead of like this - my GUESS is that what's happening is that when you're purling, your yarn wraps are going the opposite direction. That's really easy to do, and difficult to notice if you're just watching videos and teaching yourself (which is how I learned too!).

If you like the look, though, you're absolutely welcome to keep doing it! It isn't wrong, it just gives your fabric a different consistency (less stretchy, individual stitches stand up more).